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Help with this 1000$ desktop build

Jul 16, 2013 1:40PM PDT

I'm building my first desktop, and I'm trying to keep the price at around 1000$ While still being able to handle games like battlefield 3 and crysis 3 on high settings . How does this build look?

Xigmatek ASGARD II B/B


Seagate Barracuda ST500DM002 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive



G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800) Desktop Memory Model F3-

ASRock Z77 Pro3 LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard



Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core Desktop Processor Intel HD Graphics

PowerColor PCS+ AX7870 2GBD5-2DHPPV3E Radeon HD 7870 MYST. Edition (Tahiti LE) 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP ...

Windows 7 home premium SP1 64bit (OEM) system builder DVD 1 pack

Samsung 24x sata DVD+RW internal optical drives

Corsair builder series cx 500watt ATX/EPS 80 plus (cx 500)

Rosewell rcx-zaio-92 92mm sleeve bearing fan cpu cooler

Hannspree HE HE225dpb 21.5 inch screen led lit monitor

E-3lue Cobra EMS109BL USB 2.0 Gaming Mouse

Raptor gaming lk1 keyboard

Universal pc/stereo gaming headset.
Yapster tm-yb100A black

Trendnet 300 MBPS dual band wireless N USB 2.0 adapter tew-664ub

I chose these parts from newegg and amazon.

Any warnings or suggestions on changes would be greatly appreciated.

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Could this 1000 build beat this? See Link!
Jul 16, 2013 2:23PM PDT
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Looks good
Jul 17, 2013 3:26AM PDT

If the budget allows.
Get a Hd with 64MB cache.
Bump the psu to the 600w area.

Robert links to a nice machine.
It does not contain a monitor or any of your other goodies.

It does contain a dual disk setup.....ssd/hdd.....very nice.
Some folks don't handle that very well and make a hash.
Your call.